Courts

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District Court

These sentences were recorded in December of 2016 in the Carroll County General District Court office, Hillsville. Sentences may be appealed:

INDEPENDENCE — Donald R. Munsey Jr., a former band director for the Grayson County School system, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct in Grayson County General District Court on Monday.

Munsey, who resigned as band director on Jan. 19, was originally charged with sexual battery.

After his plea on June 26, Munsey was sentenced to a 30-day suspended sentence. The judge suspended $400 of a $500 fine.

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District Court

These sentences were recorded in December of 2016 in the Grayson General District Court, Independence. Sentences may be appealed:

Double homicide suspect Richard Denny Nofsinger of Galax has waived his right to a preliminary hearing on all charges, and his case will go directly to a grand jury.

Nofsinger, 37, appeared in the Galax Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on June 22.

He is charged with the first-degree murder of Alyssa A. Kenny, 28, and the capital murder of her infant daughter, Anastasia L. Alley, 21 months. The killings were reported on March 19, 2016, and Nofsinger was arrested on May 17, 2016, by members of the Galax Police Department.

HILLSVILLE – A Carroll County Circuit Court returned 105 grand jury indictments against 63 individuals on Monday. Included in those charges were 12 counts of possession of child pornography against a Hillsville man.

Christopher Garry Brown, 43, of John Edwards Lane, was arrested Oct. 13, 2016, after an investigation by the Hillsville Police Department that involved the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

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Land Transfers

These land transfers were recorded in January in the office of Susan M. Herrington, clerk of the Grayson County Circuit Court, Independence:

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Marriages

These marriage licenses were recorded in December of 2016 in the office of Susan M. Herrington, clerk of the Grayson County Circuit Court, Independence:

INDEPENDENCE – Six more sealed indictments issued by a Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury that met in Independence on April 28 have been opened.

Indictments against three people were sealed until the suspects were arrested.

Three indictments were handed down against Brian James Hayes of Whitetop. They included one count of grand larceny of a firearm, one count of larceny with the intent to sell stolen property; and one count of possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.

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Circuit Court

These sentences were recorded in January in the office of Gerald Goad, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville. Sentences may be appealed:

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Marriages

These marriages were recorded in January in the office of Gerald Goad, clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, Hillsville:
John Stephen McKenzie, 33, of Galax, and Kayla Marie Fox, 25, of Fredericksburg.